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About half of strata residents are renters. Soon there will be greater protections for those among them who are victims of domestic violence.
[See the full post at: New shields for domestic violence victim tenants]
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I write as a tenant who is the only person on the lease.
As far as I see, possible outcomes of these reforms are surely – given the many “vulnerable” tenants who may wish to lease a property, the possibility of multiple steps involved in dealing with partial bond refunds and damage to property, where it’s unclear which tenant, when there are two or more – are for landlords
A) to prefer initially ask for higher rents;
B) to choose to lease to a single tenant; and
C) to prefer non “vulnerable” tenants.
DV is a major concern. But expecting landlords to wear any of the burden doesn’t seem just.
I concur. I have a DV tenant in my granny flat property for the past 18 months. I would have had second thoughts had I known these dictatorial rules were going to come into force. Fortunately, my tenant has been great, but given the new rules, I would [not] rent to another ‘just in case’.
Many Landlords, like myself, want to help people exposed, but with a granny flat being part of your own property, you take the risk of taking the chance you and/or your own family may be exposed.
I think the decision to put the onus on the Landlord will backfire with many of us reconsidering our options & refusing DV tenant sadly.
Our lives are complicated enough with cost of living, Reckless renewable power costs and our safety in general.
Time will tell but my guess is this will negatively impact DV tenants.